Anthony M. LaPaglia is an
AustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the continental mainland , the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans...
n actor. He is known for his
Golden Globe AwardThe Golden Globe Awards are presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding achievements in the entertainment industry, both domestic and foreign, and to focus wide public attention upon the best in motion pictures and television...
-winning role as FBI agent Jack Malone on the American TV series
Without a TraceWithout a Trace is an American television drama which originally ran on CBS from September 26, 2002 to May 19, 2009. The series is set in New York City and is about a fictitious full-time FBI missing persons unit.-Premise:...
, and for his
Emmy AwardThe Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards , Grammy Awards and Tony Awards .They are presented in various...
-winning portrayal of Simon Moon on the TV show
FrasierFrasier is an American sitcom broadcast on NBC for eleven seasons, from September 16, 1993 to May 13, 2004. The program was created and produced by David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee in association with Paramount Television.A spin-off from Cheers, Frasier stars Kelsey Grammer as psychiatrist...
.
LaPaglia was born in
AdelaideAdelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth-largest city in Australia, with a population of more than 1.1 million. It is a coastal city situated on the eastern shores of Gulf St. Vincent, on the Adelaide Plains, north of the Fleurieu...
,
South AustraliaSouth Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories....
, the son of Maria Johannes (née Brendel), a
secretaryA secretary is an administrative assistant in business office administration.The executive secretary has a myriad of administrative duties. Traditionally, these duties were mostly related to correspondence, such as the typing out of letters...
, and Gedio "Eddie" LaPaglia, an
auto mechanicAn auto mechanic is a auto mechanic who specializes in automobile maintenance, repair, and sometimes modification. A mechanic may be knowledgeable in working on all parts of a variety of car makes or may specialize either in a specific area or in a specific make of car...
and car dealer. LaPaglia's mother was
DutchThe Dutch people are the dominant ethnic group of the Netherlands.Dutch people, or descendants of Dutch people, are also found in migrant communities world wide, notably in Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and the United States....
and his Italian father immigrated from
BovalinoBovalino is a comune in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about 90 km southwest of Catanzaro and about 46 km east of Reggio Calabria...
,
CalabriaCalabria , in antiquity known as Bruttium, is a region in southern Italy, south of Naples, located at the "toe" of the Italian peninsula. It is bounded to the north by the region of Basilicata, to the south-west by the region of Sicily, to the west by the Tyrrhenian Sea, and to the east by the...
at the age of eighteen.
Anthony M. LaPaglia is an
AustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the continental mainland , the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans...
n actor. He is known for his
Golden Globe AwardThe Golden Globe Awards are presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding achievements in the entertainment industry, both domestic and foreign, and to focus wide public attention upon the best in motion pictures and television...
-winning role as FBI agent Jack Malone on the American TV series
Without a TraceWithout a Trace is an American television drama which originally ran on CBS from September 26, 2002 to May 19, 2009. The series is set in New York City and is about a fictitious full-time FBI missing persons unit.-Premise:...
, and for his
Emmy AwardThe Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards , Grammy Awards and Tony Awards .They are presented in various...
-winning portrayal of Simon Moon on the TV show
FrasierFrasier is an American sitcom broadcast on NBC for eleven seasons, from September 16, 1993 to May 13, 2004. The program was created and produced by David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee in association with Paramount Television.A spin-off from Cheers, Frasier stars Kelsey Grammer as psychiatrist...
.
Early life
LaPaglia was born in
AdelaideAdelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth-largest city in Australia, with a population of more than 1.1 million. It is a coastal city situated on the eastern shores of Gulf St. Vincent, on the Adelaide Plains, north of the Fleurieu...
,
South AustraliaSouth Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories....
, the son of Maria Johannes (née Brendel), a
secretaryA secretary is an administrative assistant in business office administration.The executive secretary has a myriad of administrative duties. Traditionally, these duties were mostly related to correspondence, such as the typing out of letters...
, and Gedio "Eddie" LaPaglia, an
auto mechanicAn auto mechanic is a auto mechanic who specializes in automobile maintenance, repair, and sometimes modification. A mechanic may be knowledgeable in working on all parts of a variety of car makes or may specialize either in a specific area or in a specific make of car...
and car dealer. LaPaglia's mother was
DutchThe Dutch people are the dominant ethnic group of the Netherlands.Dutch people, or descendants of Dutch people, are also found in migrant communities world wide, notably in Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and the United States....
and his Italian father immigrated from
BovalinoBovalino is a comune in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about 90 km southwest of Catanzaro and about 46 km east of Reggio Calabria...
,
CalabriaCalabria , in antiquity known as Bruttium, is a region in southern Italy, south of Naples, located at the "toe" of the Italian peninsula. It is bounded to the north by the region of Basilicata, to the south-west by the region of Sicily, to the west by the Tyrrhenian Sea, and to the east by the...
at the age of eighteen. His younger brother,
Jonathan LaPagliaDr. Jonathan LaPaglia, M.B.B.S. is an Australian actor known for his role as Frank Parker in the television series Seven Days, Kevin Debreno in The District and Det...
, is also an actor, and his other brother, Michael, is a
car wholesalerA wholesale car dealer is a car dealer that cannot sell vehicles to the general public, and can sell only to other car dealers. The wholesale car dealer may purchase from car dealer auctions and other car dealers but they can sell the vehicle only to other car dealers...
in
Los AngelesLos Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the municipality of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123.445 inhabitants...
. LaPaglia attended
Rostrevor CollegeRostrevor College is a Roman Catholic, day and boarding school for boys', located in Woodforde, a suburb 15 minutes from the CBD of Adelaide, South Australia....
.
LaPaglia first began his venture into the world of dramatic art in his late teens. He enrolled at the South Australian Castings Agency, more commonly referred to as "S.A. Castings". Rather than completing the two and half year course (plus quarter year boot camp/trial period) offered by "S.A. Castings", LaPaglia completed one and half years of the course, and with one year still to complete he left Adelaide and headed to Los Angeles.
Career
LaPaglia's credits include the films
Innocent BloodInnocent Blood is a 1992 horror-crime film directed by John Landis. The film stars Anne Parillaud as a vampire who finds herself against a blood-sucking legion of mobsters after biting a notorious crime boss played by Robert Loggia....
,
The ClientThe Client is a legal thriller written by American author John Grisham, set mostly in Memphis, Tennessee and New Orleans, Louisiana. It is a mix with various legal elements and suspense.-Plot:...
,
Looking for AlibrandiLooking For Alibrandi is an internationally acclaimed novel and feature film, written by Melina Marchetta. The novel was published in October 1992, the film released in 2000. In both the novel and film the story is set in the 1990s...
,
Lantana,
Summer of SamSummer of Sam is a 1999 crime-drama based around the Son of Sam serial murders. It was directed and produced by Spike Lee.-Plot:Writer Jimmy Breslin begins narrating the film; telling the viewer about New York’s current prosperity...
,
So I Married an Axe MurdererSo I Married an Axe Murderer is a 1993 American film starring Mike Myers and Nancy Travis. Myers plays Charlie McKenzie, a man afraid of commitment until he meets Harriet , who works at a butcher shop and may be a serial killer...
, and
Empire RecordsEmpire Records is a 1995 comedy-drama about a group of record store employees. The film was directed by Allan Moyle and stars Anthony LaPaglia, Rory Cochrane, Renée Zellweger, Ethan Embry, and Liv Tyler.-Plot summary:...
. LaPaglia also appeared in nine episodes of the sitcom
FrasierFrasier is an American sitcom broadcast on NBC for eleven seasons, from September 16, 1993 to May 13, 2004. The program was created and produced by David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee in association with Paramount Television.A spin-off from Cheers, Frasier stars Kelsey Grammer as psychiatrist...
, including the series finale, playing
Daphne MoonDaphne Crane is a fictional character on the American television sitcom Frasier, played by Jane Leeves....
's brother Simon. The role won him an
Emmy AwardThe Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards , Grammy Awards and Tony Awards .They are presented in various...
for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. He also appeared uncredited in the film
Analyze ThatAnalyze That is a 2002 comedy film, and a sequel to the 1999 film Analyze This. The film was directed and co-written by Harold Ramis and stars Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal who respectively reprise their roles as mobster Paul Vitti and psychiatrist Ben Sobel.-Plot:Nearing the completion of his...
playing an actor, Anthony Bella, who appeared in the TV show-within-a-film
Little Caesar. LaPaglia also played the role of Jimmy Wyler, the lead during the second and final season of the television program
Murder One.
LaPaglia appeared in the Australian political thriller
Balibo, about the killing of the
five Australian journalistsThe Balibo Five were a group of journalists for Australian television networks based in the town of Balibo in East Timor where they were killed on 16 October 1975 during Indonesian incursions prior to the their invasion....
in
the town of the sameBalibo is a town in East Timor situated approximately 10 kilometres from the Indonesian border. It is located in the Bobonaro district....
name in
East TimorEast Timor, also known as Timor-Leste is a country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecussi-Ambeno, an exclave on the northwestern side of the island, within Indonesian West Timor...
in 1975. LaPaglia played the part of
Roger EastRoger East was an Australian journalist who was murdered by Indonesian soldiers during the invasion of East Timor in 1975....
, another Australian
journalistA journalist is a person who practises journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues, and people while striving for viewpoints that are not biased.Reporters are one type of journalist...
, who went to investigate the deaths of the newsmen, only to be killed the day after the Indonesian invasion.
In addition to leading the cast of
Without a TraceWithout a Trace is an American television drama which originally ran on CBS from September 26, 2002 to May 19, 2009. The series is set in New York City and is about a fictitious full-time FBI missing persons unit.-Premise:...
, LaPaglia co-wrote an episode titled
"Deep Water" with Byron Belasco, the show's usual writer.
Football
In the 1980s, LaPaglia was a
goalkeeperIn many team sports, a goalkeeper is a designated player that is charged with directly preventing the opposite team from scoring by defending the goal...
in the
National Soccer LeagueThe National Soccer League, or NSL, is the former national association football competition in Australasia, overseen by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. The NSL spanned 28 seasons from its inception in 1977, until its demise in 2004...
, playing for
Adelaide CityAdelaide City is a football club in Adelaide, South Australia. They are also known as The Zebras. They played in the National Soccer League for 27 Seasons but withdrew just prior to the 2003/2004 season. They now play in the South Australian Super League. City won the inaugural Super League...
and
West AdelaideWest Adelaide Soccer Club is an Australian football club from Adelaide, Australia. Currently it plays in the FFSA State League Competition. It participated in the National Soccer League from the 1977 season until the end of the 1998/99 season, except for the periods 1987-89 and 1990-91. It was...
. LaPaglia is now part owner of
A-LeagueThe A-League is the premier Australasian domestic football competition. Run by Australian governing body Football Federation Australia, it was founded in 2004 following the collapse of the National Soccer League and staged its inaugural season in 2005-06...
club
Sydney FCSydney FC, founded in 2004, is an Australian professional association football club based in Sydney and competes in Australia's premier competition, the A-League....
, and has been
flyingAir travel is a form of travel using an airplane.The comfort experienced when traveling by air depends on several factors starting with the airport, the choice of the airline and the travel class....
from
CaliforniaCalifornia is the most populous state in the United States, and the third largest by area. California is the second most populous sub-national entity in the Americas, behind only São Paulo, Brazil...
to
SydneySydney is the largest city in Australia, and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney has a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million and an area of approximately 12,000 square kilometres. Its inhabitants are called Sydneysiders, and Sydney is often called "the Harbour City"...
to attend their matches since their inception in 2005. He was the narrator and
executive producerAn executive producer is a producer who is not involved in any technical aspects of the filmmaking or music process, but who is still responsible for the overall production. Typically an executive producer handles business and legal issues. See also associate producer, co-producer, line producer...
of
The Away Game, a critically-acclaimed
television documentaryTelevision documentary also known as a TV documentary is a documentary film made specially for television stations or for specialty documentary channels, or in case of political and historical documentary subjects in news channels, without the intention of showing it in movie theaters...
exploring the experiences of Australian footballers in
EuropeEurope is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus Mountains , and the Black Sea to the southeast...
.
LaPaglia underwent a
hip replacementHip replacement, also hip arthroplasty, is a surgical procedure in which the hip joint is replaced by a prosthetic implant. Such joint replacement orthopaedic surgery generally is conducted to relieve arthritis pain or fix severe physical joint damage as part of hip fracture treatment.-History:The...
in the summer of 2004, a result of his days playing
footballAssociation football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players using a spherical ball...
. He has fully recovered and has even played for a couple of amateur clubs in California. He plays occasionally with
Hollywood UnitedHollywood United Football Club is an American amateur soccer club, founded in the late-1980s by a group of British expatriates who frequented the Cat & Fiddle, an English-style pub on Sunset Boulevard in the heart of Hollywood, California.-Origins:...
, an amateur organization of which he is club president, with other luminaries such as
Frank LeboeufFrank Leboeuf is a former French footballer, who played as a defender...
,
Vinnie JonesVincent Peter "Vinnie" Jones is an English film actor and ex-footballer, having represented Wales. He has capitalised on his tough man image as a footballer and is now known as an actor for his aggressive style and intimidating demeanour....
,
Steve JonesStephen Philip Jones is an English rock guitarist and singer, best known for his highly influential work as guitarist and founding member of the punk band Sex Pistols.-Childhood:...
(of the
Sex PistolsThe Sex Pistols are an English punk rock band that formed in London in 1975. They are responsible for initiating the punk movement in the United Kingdom and inspiring many later punk and alternative rock musicians...
) and others.
LaPaglia has a minority shareholding in the International Goalkeepers Academy. The Academy was founded and is operated by
James FraserJimmy Fraser is a retired football player. Fraser played eight matches for Australia.-Club career:Fraser played for St. George Budapest in the New South Wales first division between 1970 and 1974.-International career:...
, who represented the Australian national team leading up to the
1974The 1974 FIFA World Cup, the tenth staging of the World Cup, was held in West Germany from 13 June to 7 July. West Germany had been chosen in July 1966 as hosts by FIFA. The tournament marked the first time that the current trophy, the FIFA World Cup Trophy, created by the Italian sculptor Silvio...
FIFA World CupThe FIFA World Cup, occasionally called the Football World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
.
LaPaglia has volunteered as an actor with the
Young Storytellers ProgramThe Young Storytellers Foundation is dedicated to developing literacy, self-expression and self-esteem in elementary school children. The Young Storytellers Program currently serves elementary school students in Southern California, including the cities of Los Angeles, Culver City, Santa Monica,...
. He played in a charity football match in 2007 to
raise fundsFundraising or fund raising is the process of soliciting and gathering contributions as money or other resources, by requesting donations from individuals, businesses, charitable foundations, or governmental agencies...
for
Southern California wildfireThe October 2007 California wildfires were a series of wildfires that began burning across Southern California on October 20. At least 1,500 homes were destroyed and over 500,000 acres of land burned from Santa Barbara County to the U.S.–Mexico border...
reliefHumanitarian aid is material or logistical assistance provided for humanitarian purposes, typically in response to humanitarian crises. The primary objective of humanitarian aid is to save lives, alleviate suffering, and maintain human dignity...
.
Personal life
LaPaglia currently lives in
Santa Monica, CaliforniaSanta Monica is a city in western Los Angeles County, California, USA. Situated on Santa Monica Bay, it is surrounded on three sides by the city of Los Angeles — Pacific Palisades on the northwest, Brentwood on the north, West Los Angeles on the northeast, Mar Vista on the east, and Venice on the...
. He has said that he adopted an American accent to help him get acting work after moving to
AmericaThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, and has now lost his Australian accent completely. Some critics and viewers have noted his occasional dialect slips. However, he is still capable of performing a flawless Australian accent in later roles in Australian movies such as
Lantana and
Balibo.
LaPaglia's first marriage was to actress Cherie Michan. He is currently married to Australian actress
Gia CaridesGia Carides is an Australian actress.Carides was born in Sydney, Australia, to a Greek father and an English mother. An actress since the age of 12, she has won awards for her films Strictly Ballroom and Brilliant Lies from the Australian Film Institute...
, whom he met at a party; the two starred jointly in the 1994 (Ben Lewin) Australian movie
Lucky Break and married in 1998. They have one daughter, Bridget.
Filmography
- Cold Steel
Cold Steel is a 1987 thriller film directed by Dorothy Ann Puzo and starred Brad Davis, Sharon Stone, Jonathan Banks and Adam Ant.-Plot:It begins when detective Johnny Modine gets his Christmas celebration spoiled with the news about his father's death, which is the work of psychopathic junkies...
(1987)
- Slaves of New York
Slaves of New York is a 1989 comedy-drama Merchant Ivory Productions film. It was directed byJames Ivory, produced by Ismail Merchant, and starred Bernadette Peters, Adam Coleman Howard, Chris Sarandon, Mary Beth Hurt, Mercedes Ruehl, Madeleine Potter, and Steve Buscemi.Based on the stories Slaves...
(1989)
- Betsy's Wedding (1990)
- 29th Street
29th Street is a 1991 Comedy/ Drama film. It was written and directed by George Gallo and was adapted from the Story by Frank Pesce and James Franciscus.- Plot :...
(1991)
- One Good Cop
One Good Cop is a 1991 film starring Michael Keaton, Rene Russo, Anthony LaPaglia and written and directed by Heywood Gould.-Plot:Artie Lewis is an NYPD cop who believes in his work, loves his wife Rita , and stands by his partner Stevie Diroma .Stevie is a single parent, and when Stevie is killed...
(1991)
- He Said, She Said
He Said, She Said is a 1991 romantic comedy starring Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth Perkins, Nathan Lane and Sharon Stone.-Synopsis:It is the story of the relationship between journalists Dan Hanson and Lorie Bryer twice – once from each perspective. The man's story was directed by Ken Kwapis and the...
(1991)
- Black Magic (1992)
- Whispers in the Dark
Whispers in the Dark is a 1992 thriller about a psychiatrist whose patient's lover may or may not be a serial killer. The film starred Annabella Sciorra, Jamey Sheridan, Alan Alda, Jill Clayburgh, John Leguizamo and Anthony LaPaglia...
(1992)
- Innocent Blood
Innocent Blood is a 1992 horror-crime film directed by John Landis. The film stars Anne Parillaud as a vampire who finds herself against a blood-sucking legion of mobsters after biting a notorious crime boss played by Robert Loggia....
(1992)
- So I Married an Axe Murderer
So I Married an Axe Murderer is a 1993 American film starring Mike Myers and Nancy Travis. Myers plays Charlie McKenzie, a man afraid of commitment until he meets Harriet , who works at a butcher shop and may be a serial killer...
(1993)
- Past Tense
Past Tense is a made-for-television movie mystery.Police detective and part-time novelist Gene Ralston wakes from a nightmare in which he struggles with another man at a sand quarry, falls, and suffocates when he is covered with sand. In the morning he notices that a new neighbor has moved in to...
(1994)
- Lucky Break (1994)
- The Client
The Client is a 1994 American legal thriller film directed by Joel Schumacher, and starring Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones and Brad Renfro in his film debut. It is based on the novel of the same name by John Grisham...
(1994)
- Empire Records
Empire Records is a 1995 comedy-drama about a group of record store employees. The film was directed by Allan Moyle and stars Anthony LaPaglia, Rory Cochrane, Renée Zellweger, Ethan Embry, and Liv Tyler.-Plot summary:...
(1995)
- Trees Lounge
Trees Lounge is the 1996 feature film debut as writer and director by Steve Buscemi. It was produced by Brad Wyman and Chris Hanley and features a large ensemble cast of actors, including Buscemi, Anthony LaPaglia, Chloë Sevigny and Samuel L. Jackson...
(1996)
- Brilliant Lies
Brilliant Lies is an Australian film released in 1996, produced by Bayside Pictures and Beyond Films.Directed by Richard Franklin.Produced by Sue Farrelly, Kim McKillop and Richard Franklin....
(1996)
- Phoenix (1998)
- Black and Blue
Black and Blue is an American made for TV movie released in the USA in 1999. Based on the novel by Anna Quindlen, the story centers around Frances Benedetto , a victim of domestic violence. The movie follows Frances's relationship to her increasingly abusive husband , and her eventual escape with...
(1999)
- Summer of Sam
Summer of Sam is a 1999 crime-drama based around the Son of Sam serial murders. It was directed and produced by Spike Lee.-Plot:Writer Jimmy Breslin begins narrating the film; telling the viewer about New York’s current prosperity...
(1999)
- Sweet and Lowdown
Sweet and Lowdown is a 1999 film written and directed by Woody Allen which tells the story of a arrogant, obnoxious, alcoholic jazz guitarist named Emmett Ray who regards himself as perhaps the best guitarist in the world, or second best, after his idol, Django Reinhardt...
(1999)
- The House of Mirth
The House of Mirth is a 2000 film version of Edith Wharton's novel The House of Mirth. The film was written and directed by Terence Davies and starred Gillian Anderson.-Plot:...
(2000)
- Autumn in New York
Autumn in New York is a romantic drama film directed by Joan Chen and starring Richard Gere, Winona Ryder, and Anthony LaPaglia.The movie focuses on Will Keane who falls in love with Charlotte Fielding , a sweet, but terminally ill young woman.-Plot:Will Keane, a 48-year old restaurant owner, has...
(2000)
- Looking For Alibrandi
Looking For Alibrandi is an internationally acclaimed novel and feature film, written by Melina Marchetta. The novel was published in October 1992, the film released in 2000. In both the novel and film the story is set in the 1990s...
(2000)
- Lantana
Lantana is a 2001 Australian film, directed by Ray Lawrence. It is based on the play Speaking In Tongues by Andrew Bovell, which premiered at Sydney's Griffin Theatre Company...
(2001)
- Jack the Dog (2001)
- The Bank
The Bank is a 2001 Australian thriller/drama film starring David Wenham and Anthony LaPaglia about banking and corruption.-External links:*...
(2001)
- The Guys
The Guys is a 2002 play by Anne Nelson about the effects of the 9/11 events as viewed from the eyes of Joan, a reporter who is tasked with writing obituaries for fallen firefighters. It was presented in the form of a dialogue between Joan and the surviving FDNY captain, Nick...
(2002)
- Analyze That
Analyze That is a 2002 comedy film, and a sequel to the 1999 film Analyze This. The film was directed and co-written by Harold Ramis and stars Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal who respectively reprise their roles as mobster Paul Vitti and psychiatrist Ben Sobel.-Plot:Nearing the completion of his...
(2002)
- The Salton Sea
The Salton Sea is a 2002 film starring Val Kilmer and Vincent D'Onofrio directed by D. J. Caruso.-Cast and characters:*Val Kilmer - Danny Parker/Tom Van Allen*Vincent D'Onofrio - Pooh-Bear*Adam Goldberg - Kujo*Luis Guzmán - Quincy...
(2002)
- I'm With Lucy
I'm With Lucy is a 2002 romantic comedy starring Monica Potter, Gael Garcia Bernal, Anthony LaPaglia, Julie Christie and John Hannah.- Plot :Lucy is a journalist who is dumped by her 'perfect' boyfriend and then goes...
(2002)
- Dead Heat
Dead Heat is a 2002 action comedy drama film starring Kiefer Sutherland and Anthony LaPaglia and directed by Mark Malone.-Synopsis:A cop forced into retirement by ill health is persuaded by his brother to buy a race horse...
(2002)
- Road to Perdition
Road to Perdition is a period drama directed by Sam Mendes. The screenplay was adapted by David Self, from the graphic novel of the same name by Max Allan Collins. The film stars Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law, Tyler Hoechlin and Daniel Craig....
(2002) (deleted scene)
- Happy Hour (2003)
- Spinning Boris
Spinning Boris is a 2003 comedy movie starring Jeff Goldblum, Anthony LaPaglia and Liev Schreiber. It was directed by Roger Spottiswoode. In the film, a Russian political elite hires American consultants to help with Boris Yeltsin's reelection campaign when his approval rating is down to single...
(2003)
- Winter Solstice
Winter Solstice is a 2005 American drama film written and directed by Josh Sternfeld. The screenplay focuses on the efforts of a man to interact with and relate to his sons in the years following the accidental death of his wife.-Plot:...
(2005)
- Happy Feet
Happy Feet is a American-Australian computer-animated comedy-drama film with music, directed and co-written by George Miller. It was produced at Sydney-based visual effects and animation studio Animal Logic for Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures and Kingdom Feature Productions and was...
(2006) (voice)
- Played
Played is a 2006 crime film produced by Caspar von Winterfeldt, Nick Simunek and Mick Rossi, co produced by John Daly, Nigel Mead and Lenny Bitondo, written by Sean Stanek and Mick Rossi and directed by Sean Stanek...
(2006)
- The Architect
The Architect is a 2006 film in which architect Leo Waters is confronted by angry residents of a housing complex he designed. The buildings have created a culture of crime in the neighborhood and the residents want them pulled down....
(2006)
- A View From The Bridge
A View from the Bridge is a play by American playwright Arthur Miller first staged on 29 September 1955 as a one-act verse drama with A Memory of Two Mondays at the Coronet Theatre on Broadway....
(2007)
- Balibo
Balibo is a 2009 Australian feature film that follows the story of the Balibo Five, a group of journalists who were captured and killed whilst reporting on activities just prior to the Indonesian invasion of East Timor in 1975. The film is loosely based on the book Cover-Up, by Jill Jolliffe, an...
(2009)
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